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l. J. CRUME.

HOLDING CLIP. APPLICATION FILED new. 1913.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

JOHN J. 03m, 01 AMABILLO, TEXAS.

HOLDING-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t 29, 1e1

Application filed December 1, 1913. Serial No. 804,067.

Toall whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN J. Gnome, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amarillo, in the county of Potter and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Holding-Clip, of which the followmg 1s a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in holding clips.

An object of the present lnvention sto provide a holding clip which will combine a high degree of reslliency with mcreased strength.

A further object is to provide a cllp 1n which the resiliency is magnified by providing a return arm secured to one extremity of the holding portion so that there Wlll be little danger or likelihood of the clip breakingat its point of attachment.

A further object is to provide an lmproved form of clip wherein there will be little or no tendency for the clip to break or become fractured at its point of support as is one of the serious objections to the form of clip now in common use. I

With the foregoing and other ob ects 1n view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and 1n .the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the 1nvention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without de 35 parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferable form of my invention is illustrated, m which Figure 1 is a sectional view of my 1m- .proved clip and illustrating the manner in which it is secured in place. Fig. 2 1s a perspective view of the clip as it appears detached.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 3 is a plate which may be of metal, onother rigid substance and upon the outer side of 50 which is secured the facing or covering 4.

For purpose of illustration, the plate 3 may be considered as the external wall of a spectacle case and the covering 4 the cover which usually extends thereover in order that a 55 neat and finished appearance will be given to the case. In this connection however, it is to be noted that the clip herein disclosed may be A used with equal facility upon other articles. The plate 3 is provided with the oblique opening 5 extending therethrough and through which extends the securing end of the clip. The securing or supporting end 6 of the clip includes the oifset portions 7 and 8 which are connected by an angularly disposed mtermediate portion 9. The oblique or intermediate portion 9 extends through the oblique opening 5 in the plate and-is crimped or bent into contact with the side walls thereof so as to be rigidly secured thereto. The portion 8 constitutes what is termed the rear arm, the extremity 10 of which is connected to or formed integral wlth a loop 11. The opposite extremity of the loop 11 carries the front arm 12 and which arm forms an attaching member or portion of the clip. The attaching arm 12 is convex or arcuated in ge eral outline and is provided with the outwardly bent ends 13, one of which is formed integral with the loop 11 and the remote 'end being adapted .to receive the cloth or allied material thereunder to which the clipis to temporarily enga e. Thus the general contour of the attac mg arm is similar to a cycloidal curve in which the cusps are slightly rounded or modified.

The plate 3 and covering 4 are provided with the alined apertures 14 extending therethrough and through which the loop 11 extends. Attention is called to the fact that the apertures are of sufiicient size to accommodate the loop 11 therethrough and to not interfere with the free play thereof. Also mention is made of the fact that the rear arm 8 does not contact throughout its entirety with the plate 3 so that the resiliency. of the clip will be due to the summation of the resiliency of the front and rear arms. The clip therefore can be made of material of some little strength and at the same time the desired ount of. resiliency will be maintained. fisothe clip will not bend or flex at one special point as do the clips now in general use, which renders the clips liable to break at the point at greatest pressure which is at the point of. securing the same to the article upon which it is to be used. It is Havin thus fully described my invention, extremity arranged substantially in the what I cFaim is 1 plane of the bearing points of the front or As an article of manufacture, a clip for clamping arm. the purpose indicated comprising front and In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 rear clamping and attaching arms connected my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature 15 by a loop, the front or clamping arm being in the presence of two witnesses.

of arcuate form to provide spaced bearing JOHN J. CRUME. points and the rear or attachlng arm being Witnesses: longer than the front arm and terminating R. S. KILLOUGH,

10 in a forwardly offset and reduced bearing N. W. FULTZ. 

